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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-12
CHARLEh1GNE'S PALACE.

american Register (Paris): The
whilym residence of Charlemagne,
the Imperial palace at Iugelheim,
will soon be but a purely historical
"reminiscences. What is left of it in
Nieder Ingelheim, near Bingen- on
the Rhine, opposite the proud Ger
mania monument on the Niederwald.
are the remains of the castle, which
will be connected with the name of
Charlemague for all time to come,
in W hich Frederick |. Barbarossa re-
sided, and where Henry ~. was
declared to have forfeited the Ger
man Imperial Crown. During the
middle ages the noble old castle was
destroyed; frequent sieges and storm
ings left their traces, and finally the
myrmidons of Louivois put an end to
Iugelheim's splendor, as they did to
Heidelburg Castle, leaving mere
ruins on the site Of the ancient PAL
ace, which were carried off piece
meal. Its magnificent marble col
umns went to Paris, MayeDce, Wies-
baden and Heidelberg. The last
owner but one, Herr de Barry, of
Rheims, had the ruins leveled to the
ground and began to rebuild it anew;
his death, in 1875, stopped the work
then and there. In April last the
barren site was purchased by the
burgomaster of Nieder Iugelheim
and contractor by the name of
Smith, who did their utmost to pre-
serve the venerable ruins, but in
vain. The Prussian Ministry, to
whom they applied, expressed regret
at being unable 10 do anything for
them, as the property was on
Hessian territory. The Hessian
Ministry likewise refused to enter
tain the idea of buying it. The two
owners have finally decided to parcel
out the land and sell it. Sic transit
gloria mundi!
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-12

MEMPHIS AND CHARLAsroN RAILROAp Gel
Nror1op % " sps,v nSs S1 Msya. Isss; 5
~ the 18th day Of April, 1877, a decree was
phi., Tenn, dissolving tho lease OF the rail-
rosd and property OF the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad Con- pAny heretofore
held by the East Tennessee, Virginia and
dionoe to such decree all said railroad and
property has been surrendered to the MeR-
phis and Charleston Railroad Company.
@. NJ. MoaHEE, President.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-12
Chesapeake and Nashville
Hallway COmpanV,

NOTICE is hereby Tiyon hat the annual
~ meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway Conpa-
ny OF the states Of Kentucky and Tennessee.
PuYuant to its charter and bylaws, will be-
held at the once Of the Kentucky Central
Railroad Company, In the city Of CovinEton,
NJ at the hour OF IL o'clock noon, on the
b th day Of June, 1887, for the purpose Of tho
elecfion Of q Board Of Directors TO serve ior
Of pei cent. dry years gold bonds OF said
company, issued or to be Issued at rate mot
excco INK ~, 900 per mile Of its lines Of rail-
road situated In sal States, and the making
OF mortgage on its property and frAnohises
TO- secure the payment thereof, and suoh
other business Es. may properly come before
II. M. HOYf, Secretary
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
Where Woman Is Queen.

In Ohio, a married woman's rights are
co-equal with her husbands. Whatever
man may do wife may do also. II
she owns separate real estate she can sell
and convey it without consulting her
husband. If she wants TO mortgage or
lease her farm or house or lot she is at
perfect liberty to do so. Ii she possesses
personal property it is her own, and it
will pass to her husband only by her con-
sent, The law regarding man and wife
has been completely revolutionized by
mere act of simplihcation. She can buy
and sell, sue and be sued, in her own
mime, without any intervention of r
II sband or "neXt friend" III she is in
deLt when she marries her hush nd is
not bound to pay the Indebtedness unless
he chooses. The creditor must collect
FROM the real debtor. In other worls,
the rights of man and wife are made
exactly identical. Whatever right the
man possesses under the marriage rela-
ton, the same right is possessed by the
wife without modification or abridge-
ment. According to the law OF Ohio to-
day, husband and wife are not one per-
son, but two separate and distinct indi-
viduals as far as their independent right
20 acquire and dispose of personal, real
Il ID mixed property is conce ned. Ii she
calls her next-door neighbor an an
,iquated parellogram and no better than
the hyypothenusa OF right-angls trian-
gle, her unfortunate husbani is not
bound to 90 into the court and be mule
d ten thousand dollars, more or less,
for slander. Some of the most compli-
Gated and vexaious litigation which has
ever numbered up the dockets OF the Ohio
courts, enriched lawyefs, and impover-
ished widows and orphans will be pre-
vented an hereafter rendered impossible
by this law.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
HER PRIDE SUBDUED.

When Helen Vinton was twenty-one
the mills where her father had made the
bulk OF his fortune became her property
1t had been understood that before
that timo she would be the wife OF her
cousin Victor, to whom she had been
betrothed almost from her cradle.
Between her and all care regarding the
mills stood her foreman, Stephen Wal
ker, a man whom the men both loved
and feared, and whose father had been
foreman there before him.
Tkough the marriage had been DELAYED
from time to time, and Victor had spent
most OF the two years since she reached
her majority wandering over Europe,
she had never known the responsibility
OF her position until this autumn dav.
when she sat amid the rich surround.
lngs OF her library, bending YEARLY over
the long columns OF figures that rep
resented to her the state Of her
business.
There was quick step in the hall, and
stephen Walker entered.
-" You arc examining the accounts.
Miss Vinton. trust you find no ciiOi-
Guilty in understanding thom."
Oh l dare say they are plain
enough" she replied with q forced
laugh, 90 but l was always stupid about
figures. This is heavy burden you
have thrown on my shoulders, Mr.. Wal
kei-how heavy | scarcely realized until
attempted to go over those books
stephen Walker grew very pale.
hope there will be no trouble. Miss
Vinton. l suppose Victor will DO home
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

have often read of the wonderful
feats performed by skilled workmen with
tools, such as engraving the Lord s PRAYER
on the back of a silver cent piece or
ing steam engine that would stand
ON a silver quarter, but l saw some
wonders performed the other night that
surpassed them all. All the minute
articles manufactured heretofore have
been made with small tools, and in some
cases with the aid of microscope, but
there is man in the Sea Beach Palace
exposition on Coney island, who works
out the most delicate articles with q
band-saw nineteen feet long and revoly.
ing at the rate of over mile minute.
Upon this immense machine the skilled
operator in my presence sawed out four
chairs, all complete with legs and backs,
but SO small that the four were placed
ON the end OF a lead pencil at one time.
Then dozen knives and forks OF the
most diminutive size were made and
placed around the lead pencil. So small
were they that although the entire dozen
were placed round the lead pencil not
one of them touched the other Then
the operator trimmed his finger nails on
the huge saw as cleverly and easily as
one could do it with a penknife. Wet
ting his thumb, he pressed the ball OF it
into some sawdust and then sawed the
sawdust off the thumb without scratch
ing the skin, yet a single nervous twitch
OF the arm would have cost him a hand.
All sorts OF curious puzzles are turned
out with astonishing rapidity from all
sorts OF misshapen blocks OF wood.
Even articles oil clothing, as thin and
flexible as cloth, are worked out by this
mag clan from little pieces OF wood with
h $ big saw. The cap he works in was
sawed out OF over 1Il00 pieces of wood,
no two of which are the same size or
shape. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

The Russians are a nation of tea-drink-
ers; coffee is rare tea is universal and
universally good. The best tea l ever
drank was in Russia; they drink it at all
hours, and without regard to quantity
sometimes ten cups at sitting, and yet,
apparently, with impunity.
Brass urns, IN which tea-water is boiled
by means OF charcoal fire, are found
over all the Empire. They are called
samovars, and | found it important to
include in my Russian vocabulary the
word ''samovar." Their method OF max
ing and drinking tea has been noticed by
all travellers in their country.
They claim that water at the boiling
point is destructive to the good qualities
OF tea, so they draw their tea with water
Just below that point. They use thin
glass tumbers, with ordinary saucers {;
sometimes the women use cups but the
men never; the tea is poured into the
saucers, which are held on the upturned
ends of the thumb and fingers Of the
right hand; milk and cream are rarely
used a block OF cut sugar is held in the
left hand, from which they nibble pieces,
as they slowly sip their delicious, wine
colored tea,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

Ee took her hands and bent orer them.
in the spring and l think Brown vii
be capable of taking charge until then.
" darcsay we shall do very we'll, an
l cannot blame you for wishing TO 20.
know you havo talents that aro quito
thrown away here. But Stpphcn-" with
little break in her sweet proud voice,
and extending her hands TO him"
shall miss you sadly"
He took hcr hands in his, and bent
over them, with a sob in his voice.
Oh, Helen-dont you know? Can't
you understand? 1t is not because
want to better myself that l must go,
but because to stay here. seeing you
every day. and knowing, rs 1 do, that
you can never be mine, is madness, for,
oh, Nell, my queen, / love your
Stopr' she said passionately.
No; you must hear me. I never
meant to tell you this, but now you must
know why l desert the charge your
father left to mo- remember the first
day saw you, when your father brought
you down to the dusty old mills-a tiny
golden-haired fairy. who seemed of finer
clay than |, n rough boy-and left you
for whole bright day In my care.
Helen, from that day have worshippcd
you, madly, hopelessly, / know, but
as never man loved before; and now to
stay hero and see you Victors wife, is
worse than Death"
Have you quito flnished?" she said.
d" Then go. 1t is well you havo chosen
to leave here at once"
He went wearily out into the autumn
evening, where the wet wind, sobbinc
through tho leafless branches Of tho
trees, seemed an echo to his thoughts.
And inside, prone on tho floor, Ecr
golden hair trllcd over tho rich rla!, =,
Helen Vinton lay struggling wit. tl1
great sense OF loss and Pain, for S.,
loved him. knowing, too, that between
her and tho foreman of her mills
was gulf that lovo could not bridge.
The winter that followed was trv-
ing one to Miss Vinton. Brown, o
man whom Mr. Walker had left to FL
his place, fell III soon after his departure,
and the heavy responsibility fell upon her.
Murmuring and discomfort on ono
side, and scornful implacnhility on the
other, eliminated in strike, involving
O heavy loss to Miss Yinton, and much
suffering among her people.
In the spring Victor returned, with his
happy heart and sunny smile
He was eager for speedy marriage,
but on one pretext and another it was
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25


strong for his sake. II 1 gave my life
for him it would but poorly requite what
he has done for me-"
The doctor looked into her face and
read her secret.
g 1t shall be as you wish" he said
briefly; but you must let a nurse
help you"
SO went into the darkened room,
where he lay in q heavy sLupor, and
knolt beside the couch.
Presently he opened his eyes and saw
her there. A smile lighted his face.
Nell, Queen Nellr' he said softly,
and then, "Yictor, is he snfc?"
Z" Safe and unharmed, Stephen; but at
what q cost T.
at is better so-better and easier to
die thus for your happiness than to live
through the weary years Of exile looked
forward to-"
" Do not talk of dying" she moancd.
I" You must live for my sahc; fox,
oh, darling, cannot live without YOU"
"Do you know what you are saying,
Helen? Did you care for me little
after all p
" So much, Stephen, that If you arc
taken, there will he no good thing left
in life for me but to lio down and die,
too--so much that l could never hnye
married Victor, though llko q coward l
shrank from telling him So
% l must live, dear" he said; II can
not dic now r.
And then he drifted away into uncon.
seriousness.
twas long days before he knew her
again. Through it all she never lei5
him.
When tho crisis was past, and he We :
pronounced ont OF danger, thoro seemel
to be no room in her heart for hcr great
Joy and thGnkfulncss.
They wcre married Mt Christmas.
stephen WolkeF won wealth and honor,
and sever did wiio glory i0cr0 Ia her
hu tcud's success than sh0 in his.
Victor took his sore lcnrs aEay &c
soon 40 Gtophen vaS out OF d" .Cr. |. >
trou5l> wa9 not incurable + = H. has
hrou,,.t hon7o n fair yourG ri, ! 30
mlstroa5 OF the lno house ! o .J La..I.as.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

"The reason why so many puglists are
breaking their arms in fights" said a
local boxer, "is found in theii crazy reck-
lessness to get in a knock out blow. This
blow is aimed at the juIular vein, and
the pugilist, in attempting to accomplish
this feat, often strikes too high, driving
his hand with terrific force against his
opponents skull and swapping the Big
bone in his wrist us tho gh il were q
pipe stem. 1t often happens, too, that
the pugilist essaying the knock out blow
drives his hand against his opponents
elbow, whicn has been thrown up as a
guard This proves almost as disastrous
to the aggressur as the Uranium hit. IL
is time that this swinging knock out blow
WAS discarded. 4 straight punch from
the shoulder was good enough tor the old
timers. it ought to be good enough
now."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

S1c IN 9l,rn ,l,,eon,cio,ts Al T-f-l-r's foct
delayed until tho. summer faded anc
autumn was upon them.
once or t,Wico during tho summer,
victor brought her newspaper contain
tnS iaFor2n!G accounts OF an l'vontlon
stephen Walker, an Improvement =
haa hceA ~ operation In her mills loL,
ooI0re " was patented
INC paragraph stated tN't no r"
accepted an oncr 10 suH
erection OF aeno mills In aouth Amer.ca'
and H,S9 .SV,HE Ap fWay:
Ana inca INC restraint she had r.
rpoA hnF'2I sullehly saNo WIN, -
$40 1'i' i'on9 u''ohsoiouS tI 'e'oi"
fact Va did not dreom Of tho true cause.
few davs after this. she was engaged
IN some hoIlsehold duties, when Victor's
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

Not very long ago two ladies stool be-
fore picture OF u sunny hill slop., up
which marched the golden RI lGs OF u
reid OF wheat, Two brawny reapers-
ole q man, tn other u wumln-wcr, pe-
AINh,ns an attack ON the rear guard IT
lns ,oi len army. j lst above the top-
llolt ridge oil the wheat rose line II
clerry tors AMI p"ping above lnl
q uik WAS the top ol u i~r.n house chiIl-
ney,
"Oh, that's Norman!" said the first
lady. "lou never See that SKY outside
oil Normandy"
"les" S I'D the second lady, in q tone
that limited Of q polite douot,
NInuse figures are Norman peasants to
the lie, too and the way the cherry
trees crown the ridge, On, 1t makes me
think OF my summer among tine Nor
mans
Sne sighed the sigh Of the travelar
who has come back 10 the Unithl ,.u, 3
and lound it hollow. The se.m y
said nothing, but ha she know tna no
! wheat lisl represented WAS 40, ave m -
| from the state house and thlt tle Norman
peasants were Farmer Alorarty und his
industrious daughter she must have iolt
that her douat was indicated
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

And Victor went down the road TO the
mills with lighter heart than he had
known for months, for he loved his
cousin, and her coldness and Indifference
troubled him sorely.
just then the morning train Numbered
up to the little station, half a mile dis
tant, and left a single passenger, who
nodded Familiarity TO tho few bystanders
and took the path across the fields to
the mills.
Victor was standing surrounded by
the men. He was telling them OF his
arrangements for the picnic
On the outskirts OF the little group,
unnoticed in the excitement of the
moment, stood the man who had
Just arrived
Suddenly he raised his eyes TO the
scailoding above Victor's head, and
then strong men were thrown right and
left, as by giants strength.
There was crash, and Victor was
thrown far out Of harms way.
But where he had stood q moment be-
fore, lay man they all knew,
pinned down by beam across him.
And while they stood horror-strlcken,
woman was in their midst.
Men," she said in q voice so unlike
her own that those who heard 1t never
forgot "can you do nothing but stand
and stare like idiots? Victor, he has
given his life for you, can you do nothing
to relieve him?
"Go TO the house and see that room
is made ready to receive him. John
Stiles, saddle the lcetest horse In the
stable, and ride for DR.. jackson as you
never rode before; and the rest of you,
put forth strength and lift this beam"
And they succeeded in rescung the
man, and bore him into the house. Be-
fore them walked a woman with wild
eyes and white drawn lips.
When tho doctor came out of the
room, she met him at the door.
I" Is there any hope, doctor?'
" / cannot tell yet. He has strong
constitution, and ho1o for tho best"
d" Doctor" she said, grasping his arm
with passionate force, you must save
him; you must, you must!"
" You forget, my child, that the issues
OF life and death are not in my hands,"
Z" Forgive me, doctorl l scarcely
ew what / was saying. I know you
do all you can, and am q good
nurse-papa always SAID SO.
" Helen, you must not think OF nurs-
ing him. You are i'll already"
She laid slim cool hand in his.
Tut your finger on my pulse, doctor.
1t beats evenly. j must be brave and
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

SIR Henry Thompson, an eminent Eng
lish physician, says; 81 have no hesita-
tion in attrl5utlng a large portion Of the
most painful and dangerous maladies
which come under my notice. rs well as
those which every medical man has to
treat, 90 the ordinary and daily use OF
fermented drinks taken moderately.
lN WAsUINGToS city, according to The
Amefican there are II houses OF pr1stitu-
ton that are licensed to sell liquor BE-
side these there are many such houses noa
licensed One of the thtaters OF the civ
has become the lowest kind of dance,
house. There are seven colored gambling
houses with saloons connected. All Theses
houses and their character are known 10
the police yet the Presidents orders to
close them are not obeyed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
HOW NEcKrIEs ARE MADE.
A Manufacturer Tells of the Trade and Its
PecuIiarities.

The designing Of silks and satins for
neckties is profession in itself. "There
are SPECIAL grades and designs OF silks
and satns made exclusively for the neck
tie trade" said a manufacturer to a New
York Nal reporter "These materials
are made from patterns designed by men
who do nothing but study new things in
this line. There are from fifty to seventy
five factories in the country and ten or
twelve first-class makers. The latter
Usually secure exclusive rights to use
certain styles of goods offered TO the
American market, or a large portion OF
1t. But the success of making up such
goods is just like lottery. Perhaps one
season | hit upon design .hat will be-
come 80 popular that all the other MAX
ers are forced to adopt it, but the next
season some one in Boston or Philadel-
phia will make hit, and am forced to
copy that. There's never any telling
now necktie is going to take until it is
fairly on the market. Then it depends
lor success on who adopts it first If he
happens to be swell, that particular
Kind of necktie will sell we'll"
"Are the styles of making up neckties
originated abroad?"
'Not now. They were until about
three years ago, but now our styles are
superior to the European, and they are
coming over here for patterns How
ever, there is tendency toward English
patterns for this season,
There are more than /, 200 girls en-
ployed in this city alone. They work by
the piece and make money more or less
according to their expertness. A good
finisher can make IS or SO week. She
takes necktie after it is put together
and finishes each detail perfectly so that
it is ready to box. Three different colors
OF the same design and same style are
twisted together to give the dealer an
assortment in the one make. The finisher
must see that all of this kind are ex-
actly alike in point of finish and make
up. We have one girl who does nothing
but turn bands OF neckties, and she
makes sl5 week. She turns twenty.
five or thirty dozen bands day."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
A Natural bridge,

A writer in Science gives an interesting
description of natural bridge almost as
remarkable as the Virginia curiosity,
spanning a canon about twenty miles
north OF the point where the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad crosses the bound
airy between New Mexico and Arizona.
This bridge is sixty feet long and IF.
teen feet wide at the narrowest point. Ii
consists OF tough grit rock, under which
the softer sandstones have been worn
away TO depth of TWENTY-FIVE to forty
feet beneath the arch. Near by is a
petritied forest, The stone tree-trunks
lie Just beneath the soil, or half exposed,
fallen in all directions This point had
never before been visited by a white
man,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
ttEadsO and UEaddisfs.n -

A word that is often heard in English
political talk is fad, 1t has hardly yet
found its way into the dictionaries, but
"fads" are many, and "faddists" and "fad-
mongers' abound. Mr.. Sala has sug-
gested that the word is corruption of
"faddle," to dandle-in French, dorlotor.
A 'faddist'' is continually dandling and
caressing his "fad." 1t is more probably
a contraction OF "fidfad," word that has
been long in use with much the same
meaning as fad" Edward Moore, writ
ing in The World in 1854, applies the
word to very precise person = "The
youngest, who thinks in her heart that
her sister is no better than slattern, runs
into the contrary extreme and is, in
everything she does, an absolute fidiad."
From "tidiad' in this sense to the modern
"iad" and "faddist' is not very violent
transition. The tendency to abbrevia-
ton is very general. Home Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

LAST year we made in this country
over sixteen millions of barrels of beer.
This, at the usual retail rate of thirty dol
lars per barrel, comes to more than S4OO,
100000, which the people pay out for
their beer, Already we average eighty
four glasses of beer for every man, woman
and child in the country and the average
is increasing and the number OF drinkers
S increasing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

We have dog-a yaller dog-and the
way we have Dragged on that dog and
his fighting qualities will, we fear, prove
bar to our passage through the pearly
gates. We have told his pedigree and
offered to back him against any other
pup in the valley; in fact, our assurance
has STAYED of many battle but, alas,
our pride in that direction has vanished.
While riding forth in the sage-brush
country the other day we noticed small
coyote doggng our tracks we proceeded
10 dog him, when something peculiar
happened, The yellow terrier COM
menoed to pivot around large, low bush
with the coyote in hard pursuit. Well
now, you see, coyote can beat cyclone
in speed, so it only took about two rounds
before he gained on the dog enough to
take piece of meat out OF his hind leg.
10 say that the terrier was astonished is
to put it light. He fell over himself sew
eral times hauled down the flag, and
sought the shelter OF the horse. That
blamed coyote followed us for two miles,
intent on "a fight, but he did not get it.
Bids will be received at our office for the
terrier.